The Common Deputy has echoed the complaint of a resident of Arrecife, who reported waiting nine months for the review of her father's degree of dependency. In addition, a platform of relatives and users of residences in Tenerife has also taken an interest in her case.
"They have called me to arrange an appointment and see if he can speed up the issue for me," said Isabel Gerez, after receiving a call this Monday from the Common Deputy, who after this woman made her story known through La Voz, will study her case and, if appropriate, open an investigation in this regard.
Also, the Tenerife Platform of Relatives and Users of Residences has also taken an interest in the "desperate" situation of this resident of Lanzarote and has contacted this media in order to contact her and "join forces in this fight." "There are many people the same or even worse than me," says Isabel Gerez, who says that these days she has also seen comments on social networks from people who have been waiting "up to three and four years."
In the case of Isabel, as she told La Voz, her father was already recognized as having grade I dependency and, as a result, attends a day center for five days a week, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. However, her daughter says that, after the confinement due to Covid and the death of her mother, her father's health deteriorated "dramatically" needing "more help" and therefore in November of last year she requested a review of the degree of dependency. A request that, however, according to her complaint, has not received a response from the Government of the Canary Islands to date.
"I am going to continue fighting and battling," says this resident of Arrecife, who insists that her father "needs a residence now," "Because if they put me on an endless list of years for a residence, I am in the same situation. I cannot stand still either because they come and assess my degree. It is a previous step that I have fought for, but my problem is not solved like that," adds this woman. And it is that, in addition to having worsened the state of health of her father, Isabel is recovering from an operation on her shoulder. "I am on leave and taking care of him as I can, with a lot of pain," she points out.
Thus, last week, Isabel wanted to make her story known and started a collection of signatures through the change.org portal, to demand "a fast and effective dependency law." "The Dependency Law is very slow and I am in a critical situation," she said in statements to La Voz.
